Today is my mother’s 72nd birthday. She wants no gifts. She has everything she needs. And so it is always challenging to find a way to acknowledge the day and honor my mother short of a phone call where our family sings her an always memorable rendition of “Happy Birthday” through the telephone wires…no, I...
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His fascination began with the discovery of my 70’s longboard carefully stowed in the attic. Yep, I was a skateboarder back in my day and although I shudder to think how we used to shoot down Ashland Avenue and all the wipeouts we took on that steep hill, it’s nothing compared with the tricks skaters...
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When you work from home, it’s all too easy to wake up and feed the dogs, whip up the kids’ breakfast and send them off to school, make a few beds, clean up the kitchen and then set yourself down at the computer in your jammies with a cup of hot coffee. All too easy,...
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I’ve been a photographer since the age of 7, but I really began shooting people (with my camera) for an honest-to-goodness living once I moved to Montana 10 years ago, back in 1999. For the most part, I built my business as the antithesis of indoor studio portraiture offering a prime mountain-top location with breathtaking...
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I’m headed back to my ol’ stomping grounds for the weekend to attend an ol’ college gang reunion BBQ in L.A.! The interesting thing is that the group of us didn’t all go to the same college…we were students of UCLA, Loyola Marymount and and…well, it’s been so long, I forget! We are all very...
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